Joel Nerem

1. IntroductionPorcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), a globally significant disease of pigs, is caused by the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) [1]. Infection of breeding female swine with PRRSV results in reduced animal welfare, poor reproductive performance, and significant economic loss to farmers [2]. To control PRRS, PRRSV entry into breeding herds mu ...

BackgroundPorcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is an enveloped single-stranded positive sense RNA virus belonging to the Order Nidovirales, the family Coronaviridae and the genus Alphacoronavirus (Saif et al. [1]). Following detection in the US swine population during May, 2013, the virus spread rapidly across the country and 6317 cases of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) have been confirmed in 2 ...